The Rise of the European Emperor

30 acres of arable land a day! Marin was very excited when he thought about it. why? Because he owns the American continent colonies, the most important thing he lacks is land. What is most lacking is population and efficiency.

Today, one plow can plow 30 mu of land a day. Moreover, only one or two people are required to operate it (it is reported that one is driving the horse, and the other is responsible for adjusting the depth of the plowshare, which is an auxiliary, and women can also be competent). Then, based on one month of spring plowing, wouldn't it be possible for a family to cultivate 900 mu of land?

Marin was very happy. If a family can plant 900 acres of land, wouldn't 100,000 households be able to plant 90 million acres? God, how much food is this...

Marin was always flattered all the way, and now he is worried—what if there is too much food in the future? Feed the chicken...

But when he arrived at the scene with several ministers and Caesar, and saw the legendary "farming miracle", he almost turned his nose...

Nima! What "farming miracle"? Emotion is a plow cart pulled by many horses!

Marin held back his anger, took a closer look, and found that this so-called "farming miracle" was actually 12 horses pulling a plow cart made of an iron frame.

This plow cart made of steel and wood has three curved shaft plows underneath. The designer took great pains to connect the plows of the three curved shafts horizontally with a steel bar.

When the land is not plowing or turning, the person who assists the plow truck pulls the horizontal steel bar, pulls the plow rails of the three curved shaft plows together, and lifts the coulter to plow the land. The plow review has three gears in total, and the last gear is the gear for the coulter to plow the ground, which is used when the plow truck is driving or turning.

And push one gear forward, it is the shallow plowing gear, and the coulter is downward, but the depth is not much. This gear is mainly for loosening soil in pasture grassland. The requirements for planting grass are not high, as long as the soil is loosened. As for shallow plowing, the speed is also fast.

As for the front gear, it is naturally plowed deeply, which is the gear used for normal plowing. As for the 30 mu of arable land per day mentioned earlier, this is naturally the position used.

In addition, when the inventor Prond used a plow truck to demonstrate plowing, Marin discovered that the three curved plows were not side by side, but had a front and a back.

As for why this is so, Marin can understand at a glance-because the respective plow walls of the three curved plows will separate the soil to both sides of the plow wall after crushing the soil. Afterwards, it is discarded in the ground. If three plows are placed side by side, when the plow wall is broken and the soil is thrown to both sides, the soil will easily interfere with the soil thrown to both sides by the plow on the side, affecting the progress of the plow truck...

Therefore, the designer cleverly designed the three curved plows to be inclined, and the three plows are not on the same horizontal plane. In this way, when throwing soil to both sides, they will not interfere with each other.

Marin has to admit that this designer is still very smart, and the level of craftsman is relatively high. However, after seeing the 12 horses pulling the cart in front, Marin became furious...

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Nima! That's 12 draft horses! Can a normal family afford so many horses? Even if your plow truck is designed ingeniously, what's the point? Feed for 12 horses alone can put ordinary farmers out of business!

What's the point of raising 12 draft horses in a family? When farming, it is true that 12 horses can go into battle together to speed up the speed of plowing. But what about after farming? 12 draft horses consume food equivalent to 60 people every day!

Even if a horse-drawn cart is used to pull goods, a farmer can take at most one or two draft horses to go out to pull goods, and engage in a sideline business, right? After all, no matter how many horses you have, you must have enough grooms to drive them!

In that way, during the slack season, 10 or 11 of the 12 draft horses would be idle, wasting food in vain, which is simply not worth it!

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However, Marin also has to admit that watching these 12 horses plowing the land together, the speed is really fast, no less than the walking tractors of later generations.

In his previous life, Papa Marin also bought a second-hand walking tractor for his family to cultivate. However, that second-hand Changchai walking tractor,

The maximum amount of cultivated land per day is no more than 15 mu. But in later generations, Huaxia has a lot of people and little land, and each family only has a few acres of land, and 15 acres of arable land per day is definitely enough, and it can also help the villagers cultivate land.

In terms of plowing speed alone, this plow truck can plow 30 mu of land per day, which is twice as fast as a walking tractor.

However, Marin remembered that when the walking tractor in the later family plowed the land, there was only one plow, called a single plow. Only large and medium-sized tractors will use multiple plows. Because, their large and medium-sized tractors have enough horsepower...

When it comes to horsepower, Marin looks weird looking at the plow truck. Because, when he saw the 12 horses pulling the cart, he thought of a word - 12 horsepower...

Yes, 12 horsepower! That's a solid 12 horsepower! Isn't it? 12 horses pull the plow cart together, isn't that 12 horsepower?

And the most coincidental thing is that in later generations, the walking tractor in Marin's family seems to be a small single-cylinder diesel engine with 12 horsepower...

However, that walking tractor can only cultivate 15 mu of land a day. Mainly, that used a single plow. And this 12-horse plow cart also has 12 horsepower, but it uses three plows.

Logically, this should be 45 acres of arable land every day. After all, there are three plows. But the actual situation is not calculated in this way, mainly because - as long as the tractor has oil, it can cultivate the land non-stop. But with the same 12-horsepower plow truck system, the 12 horses have to rest for a while when they are tired.

Therefore, although there are two more plows, the amount of cultivated land is only 30 mu per day because the horses need to rest. But this data is already scary in this day and age. The only disadvantage is that the horses eat a lot. After the farming is over, too many horses eat rice...

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At noon, at the dinner table, Marin brought up the sharp question of the cost of raising horses, and asked Prond, the inventor of the plow cart. After all, even if a draft horse doesn't eat five servings of food every day like a war horse, it still has enough food for two or three people a day on average. It is not cost-effective for a peasant family to raise so many draft horses.

Hearing Marin's question, Prond was stunned for a long time. But in the end, a flash of inspiration flashed in Prond's mind, and he thought of the wording of the response:

"Grand Duke, it is definitely not cost-effective to use ordinary European draft horses. However, if you use Crimean horses that usually eat grass, there will be no problem! Usually, Crimean horses (Eastern European Mongolian horses) only eat grass. Feed is only needed while working!"

Marin was overjoyed at first, but quickly frowned and said:

"The Eastern European Mongolian horses in Crimea are not so strong, are they?" The Eastern European Mongolian horses in Crimea are medium-sized horses, and they are not as powerful as the heavy draft horses commonly used in Western Europe.

Prade said indifferently:

"Then add 3 more horse-drawn plow carts!"

Marin shook his head and said:

"It's still not right. The horses on the grasslands of Eastern Europe can indeed eat grass. But the size is really not suitable for working. Don't plow in spring, and the horse will be useless."

Prand thought for a while and said:

"Grand Duke, why don't we use the local draft horses to breed with Crimean grass-grazing horses to breed stronger new breeds of horses that can eat grass? Even if the new draft horses bred are not as powerful as the local draft horses , but as long as they can work. At that time, if 12 Crimean horses are not worth 12 local draft horses, then 15 horses will be used, right?"

Marin thought about it, and it was true. If the local draft horse stallion and the Crimean Eastern European Mongolian horse mares are used for breeding, it may be possible to obtain a horse breed that can not only eat grass for a living, but also have a certain amount of strength and endurance to cultivate the land. At that time, the cost of feeding will not be a problem. Because, usually, the breeds of Eastern European Mongolian horses do not need to eat grain. There is no financial pressure to raise a few more horses at ordinary times.

Moreover, Marin remembers that there are two types of Don horses (that is, a type of Mongolian horse in Eastern Europe) in later generations, the Eastern type and the Western type.

Among them, the Oriental type is the current Crimean Eastern European Mongolian horse. It is smaller and belongs to the medium-sized horse suitable for light cavalry. The Western type is probably a type mixed with European heavy draft horse blood, larger in size, and belongs to the dual-use type. This western type of Don horse, which is used both as a ride and a harness, was used by the Cossacks to cultivate the land. When marching and fighting, it can also be used as a transfer horse.

In addition, the Western-type Don horse, which can also be used as a harness, is equally hard-working and can mainly eat grass. Food is only needed when working.

Therefore, Marlin can be bred according to the western type of Don horse, and breed Eastern European Mongolian horses that can be used for both riding and harnessing and can mainly graze. At that time, the high cost of raising horses can be avoided, and this efficient plow truck can be used to reclaim a lot of arable land and save a lot of labor...

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